rockyoursocks Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Wow simply Wow. Its to cold to look for anything where I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 MikeyMig, Have you ever seen the mastodon skull they found at letchworth state park and have on display at the museum with the artifacts collection? If not, you should check it out! Mike DOTB Yeah I've seen it awhile ago and it used to be covered in 100 year old graffiti. When I was a teenager we had parties near a pond behind a classmates house In Geneseo and some years later they turned the land into a golfcourse. When they dug out the pond during the course construction they found a near complete Mastodon in it. To think that I was that close to a specimen like that and not know it makes me sick. :doh!: mikey Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeDOTB Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Yeah I've seen it awhile ago and it used to be covered in 100 year old graffiti. When I was a teenager we had parties near a pond behind a classmates house In Geneseo and some years later they turned the land into a golfcourse. When they dug out the pond during the course construction they found a near complete Mastodon in it. To think that I was that close to a specimen like that and not know it makes me sick. :doh!: mikey Ha ha, if only we knew then, what we know now right!? MikeDOTB DO, or do not. There is no try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masonboro37 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 WOW! The start of the new year sure has come in with a bang with these finds. Everyday I am amazed at my fellow forum members fossil wonders! Process of identification "mistakes create wisdom". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mako-mama Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Wonderful find. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear-dog Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I have here one Whale Shark tooth found in some micro-matrix from the Aurora mine in NC (Pungo Formation)... I found this tooth on the second of this month. Here are two views of the tooth. The lines at the left are 1mm apart, and the lines at the bottom are 1/16 of an inch apart. I have 2 of them from there. Congrats. Bear-dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear-dog Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Here is my contribution. American mastodon (Mammut americanum) tooth from the Pleistocene of Eastern North Carolina. Found on Jan. 20 2013. SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bear-dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeloiVarden Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Here is my entry: Found Jan 19th, 2013 2.11" C. Angustidens Oligocene South Carolina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgrilusHunter Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Nice Varden! The edge on that tooth looks mint! "They ... savoured the strange warm glow of being much more ignorant than ordinary people, who were only ignorant of ordinary things." -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 (edited) I've been doing some prep on the Eocene stuff I collected last summer, and I found this. I'm not even sure I knew what it was when I collected. It was quite buried in rock. It is a small alligator dentary from the Wasatch Fm of southwestern Wyoming. Only one tooth preserved, but you can see some nice alveoli on the anterior (chin) end of the jaw. I think the genus is Allognathosuchus. This took me about two hours to prep, primarily by sandblasting with bicrab at 20 psi. Two views, labial and lingual (from the outside and the inside). Gotta give that pterosaur a run for its money, in case the mastodon tooth and the shark teeth aren't doing it... Edited January 28, 2013 by jpc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt. Nemo Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 A large plate covered with eggshells. Remains of a lake nestling bird from the Oligocene. Found in France this month. Collection & Exchanges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowsharks Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I've been doing some prep on the Eocene stuff I collected last summer, and I found this. I'm not even sure I knew what it was when I collected. It was quite buried in rock. It is a small alligator dentary from the Wasatch Fm of southwestern Wyoming. Only one tooth preserved, but you can see some nice alveoli on the anterior (chin) end of the jaw. I think the genus is Allognathosuchus. This took me about two hours to prep, primarily by sandblasting with bicrab at 20 psi. Two views, labial and lingual (from the outside and the inside). Gotta give that pterosaur a run for its money, in case the mastodon tooth and the shark teeth aren't doing it... JP, that is a really neat looking tiny alligator jaw you got there! Reminds me of the size my grandmother used to bring back from Florida back in the 1970's every year after vacationing there for the winter. She would always bring my brother and I a small (10-12") stuffed alligator as a souvenir. Daryl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 (edited) Hello all! My entry for this month is an enormus crassostrea gryphoides oyster found in my hunting area (late miocene Middle Crete island, Greece), in Dec. 2012 with the prep finished these days. This type of oysters are typical of my island but this very sample is the biggest almost complete one I have found to date. It measures 36 x 16 x 15 cm and weights 6,5 kg (about 14,3 p). It makes my hand look that little...! Pics before and after the prep. Edited January 30, 2013 by astron Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkGirl Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 2 The Bone Masters: My Mouth hangs open. . . . Congratulations are in order, for all entries in my humple opinon. -Just wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Hi There Guys and Gals of thefossilforum! It is 11:50 p.m. on Jan. 30th! On January 29th I went out fossil hunting in MinnesOta! And I came back with, drum roll pleassse... A trilobite named Anataphrus borraeus! IDed by CALEB! Second one actually And here she is! Galena Formation, prosser or is it posser member, ah, who cares; Ordovician Era, southeastern MinnesOta! And no, I am not feeling any pain... LOL A little, or not so little, Canadian Whiskey for courage, and an angle grinder with a masonry blade and an engraver... And a lot of dust! Man, I should have done this in the garage as opposed to the kitchen table! My very first "prep" or, butcher job... Depends upon how you see it! or This is where I started- So, hey, I won't win, but heck, this is worth the hangover, right! I found a trilobite in January in MinnesOta! In one day, between an ice storm and -10 the next day (wind chills -35), wearing ice cleats no less, AND learned to butcher/prep a fossil!!! With whiskey!!! LOL Is fossil with one L or 2... LOL Oh, a party without ever leaving home!!!! LOL I better sign off. LOL Bev The more I learn, I realize the less I know. BluffCountryFossils.NET Fossil Adventure Blog Go to my Gallery for images of Fossil Jewelry, Sculpture & Crafts Pinned Posts: Beginner's Guide to Fossil Hunting * Geologic Formation Maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Oh Brent, THANK YOU! Never even thought about glasses or lung protection! Thank you for looking out after us newbies! Bev The more I learn, I realize the less I know. BluffCountryFossils.NET Fossil Adventure Blog Go to my Gallery for images of Fossil Jewelry, Sculpture & Crafts Pinned Posts: Beginner's Guide to Fossil Hunting * Geologic Formation Maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 (edited) Now THAT'S an oyster! Vey nice! Thanks much, Brent. Edited January 31, 2013 by astron Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkGirl Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Hi There Guys and Gals of thefossilforum! It is 11:50 p.m. on Jan. 30th! On January 29th I went out fossil hunting in MinnesOta! And I came back with, drum roll pleassse... A trilobite named Anataphrus borraeus! IDed by CALEB! Second one actually And here she is! Galena Formation, prosser or is it posser member, ah, who cares; Ordovician Era, southeastern MinnesOta! And no, I am not feeling any pain... LOL A little, or not so little, Canadian Whiskey for courage, and an angle grinder with a masonry blade and an engraver... And a lot of dust! Man, I should have done this in the garage as opposed to the kitchen table! My very first "prep" or, butcher job... Depends upon how you see it! or This is where I started- So, hey, I won't win, but heck, this is worth the hangover, right! I found a trilobite in January in MinnesOta! In one day, between an ice storm and -10 the next day (wind chills -35), wearing ice cleats no less, AND learned to butcher/prep a fossil!!! With whiskey!!! LOL Is fossil with one L or 2... LOL Oh, a party without ever leaving home!!!! LOL I better sign off. LOL Bev & Who says women are weak!?!?! Bev- We need more like you to rep the 'gentler' genter! U Found it in sub zero temps & prepped, all in a matter of two days?!?!? Holy freakin wow. Awesome find! I personally am rlly glad trils arent around anymore, creepier than cockroaches, but in the ocean? -No thanx!! & One more tiny piece of two cents from me: I cannot help but notice that the members in this topic/thread, all have waaaay more time/posts/contibutions on TFF Than have I. ~Am I allowed in here? Just curious, can't help but ask & "Oneday, I will maybe be lucky enough to have something worthy of submitting!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 & Who says women are weak!?!?! Bev- We need more like you to rep the 'gentler' genter! U Found it in sub zero temps & prepped, all in a matter of two days?!?!? Holy freakin wow. Awesome find! I personally am rlly glad trils arent around anymore, creepier than cockroaches, but in the ocean? -No thanx!! & One more tiny piece of two cents from me: I cannot help but notice that the members in this topic/thread, all have waaaay more time/posts/contibutions on TFF Than have I. ~Am I allowed in here? Just curious, can't help but ask & "Oneday, I will maybe be lucky enough to have something worthy of submitting!" Of course you're welcome here.. and we hope that someday you will have something cool to enter. Oh, and you should know , yes some of us have been doing this longer than... hmmmm... longer than you've been breathing I dare say. Now where's that smiley with the graying beard? I'd even bet some of us gave up TV for TFF. (That sounds like a whole new post). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgrilusHunter Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 (edited) I'd even bet some of us gave up TV for TFF. You would be correct good sir! Edited February 1, 2013 by AgrilusHunter "They ... savoured the strange warm glow of being much more ignorant than ordinary people, who were only ignorant of ordinary things." -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Wow Bev, is that your kitchen table under the grinder and the rocks? Maybe some of those "silly questions" you posted in the other thread weren't so silly. I got in trouble the other day for putting a chain saw on the kitchen counter, with a stack of newspaper underneath, so I could sharpen the blade. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 It wouldn't let me reply to you before Don! Yes, that is my kitchen table. Bob was gone overnight. But boy, do I have lime dust every place! I think you were ever so kind to put newspaper under the chainsaw. Bob doesn't bother... Bev The more I learn, I realize the less I know. BluffCountryFossils.NET Fossil Adventure Blog Go to my Gallery for images of Fossil Jewelry, Sculpture & Crafts Pinned Posts: Beginner's Guide to Fossil Hunting * Geologic Formation Maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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